Central New York Regional Market - Syracuse NY

City:: Syracuse, NY
Site Type:: Civic Facilities
New Deal Agencies:: Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
Started:: 1935
Completed:: 1938
Designer:: Carl W. Clark
Contractor:: A. Friederich and Sons Co.

Description

Syracuse’s Central New York Regional Market was built during the Great Depression. Its construction was enabled by funds provided by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA supplied a $450,000 loan and $486,728 grant for the project, whose final cost was $1,124,783. Construction started in December 1935; the market opened in 1938.

PWA Docket No. NY 5438.

Source notes

National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 22.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 1, 2014.